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National Federation of State High School Associations
Abbreviation	NFHS
Formation	1920
Type	NPO
Legal status	Association
Purpose/focus	Athletic/Educational
Headquarters	1802 Alonzo Watford Sr. Dr. Indianapolis, Indiana 46206
Region served	United States
Membership	18,500+ high schools
Official languages	English
Website	nfhs.org
Remarks	(317) 972-6900

The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) is the body that writes the rules of competition for most high school sports and activities in the United States. Most high schools, whether public or private, belong to their state's high school association; in turn, each state association belongs to the NFHS. Over 17,000 high schools belong to associations that are members of the NFHS. NFHS's headquarters are located in White River State Park in Indianapolis, Indiana.

However, in states that have separate associations for public and non-public high schools, only the public-school bodies are NFHS members. For example, the Texas University Interscholastic League (public schools, with non-public schools generally not allowed) is a member, while the associations governing non-public schools, the largest of which is the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools, are not. Similarly, the Virginia High School League, open only to public schools, is a member, while the state's parallel associations for non-public schools are not. The same is the case in Mississippi, where the body governing public schools is a member, while the body governing private schools is not.

Iowa has separate governing associations for boys' and girls' sports – the Iowa High School Athletic Association and the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union. Only the Iowa High School Athletic Association is a full member of the NFHS; the girls' governing body is an affiliate member.

The NFHS publishes rules books for each sport or activity, and most states adopt those rules wholly for state high school competition.

The NFHS offered an online Coach Education Program in January 2007. It released a course, Fundamentals of Coaching. The NFHS has announced that it will offer a National Coach Certification in September 2009. This will enable to coaches to become a Level 1 - Accredited Interscholastic Coach issued by the NFHS.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Member associations

• Alabama High School Athletic Association ^[1]
• Alaska School Activities Association ^[2]
• Arizona Interscholastic Association ^[3]
• Arkansas Activities Association ^[4]
• California Interscholastic Federation ^[5]
• Colorado High School Activities Association ^[6]
• Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference ^[7]
• Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association ^[8]
• District of Columbia Interscholastic Athletic Association
• Florida High School Athletic Association ^[9]
• Georgia High School Association ^[10]
• Hawaii High School Athletic Association ^[11]
• Idaho High School Activities Association ^[12]
• Illinois High School Association ^[13]
• Indiana High School Athletic Association ^[14]
• Iowa High School Athletic Association ^[15]
• Kansas State High School Activities Association ^[16]
• Kentucky High School Athletic Association ^[17]
• Louisiana High School Athletic Association ^[18]
• Maine Principals' Association ^[19]
• Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association ^[20]
• Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association ^[21]
• Michigan High School Athletic Association ^[22]
• Minnesota State High School League ^[23]
• Mississippi High School Activities Association ^[24]
• Missouri State High School Activities Association ^[25]
• Montana High School Association ^[26]
• Nebraska School Activities Association ^[27]
• Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association ^[28]
• New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association ^[29]
• New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association ^[30]
• New Mexico Activities Association ^[31]
• New York State Public High School Athletic Association ^[32]
• North Carolina High School Athletic Association ^[33]
• North Dakota High School Activities Association ^[34]
• Ohio High School Athletic Association ^[35]
• Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association^[36]
• Oregon School Activities Association ^[37]
• Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association ^[38]
• Rhode Island Interscholastic League ^[39]
• South Carolina High School League ^[40]
• South Dakota High School Activities Association ^[41]
• Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association ^[42]
• University Interscholastic League (Texas) ^[43]
• Utah High School Activities Association ^[44]
• Vermont Principals' Association^[45]
• Virginia High School League ^[46]
• Washington Interscholastic Activities Association ^[47]
• West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission ^[48]
• Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association ^[49]
• Wyoming High School Activities Association ^[50]

[edit] Organizations' official websites

[edit] External links

• Official website
• NFHS Learn

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